Hungary - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

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Four new International Assistance projects supported by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund

5 March 2024

Four new International Assistance projects supported by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund

Whitsun Heritage estival - International Gathering of Intangible Cultural Heritage

28 May 2023

Whitsun Heritage estival - International Gathering of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Whitsun Heritage Festival - International Gathering of Intangible Cultural Heritage

4 June 2022

Whitsun Heritage Festival - International Gathering of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Community-based needs identification underway for living heritage among displaced communities from Ukraine

16 May 2022

Community-based needs identification underway for living heritage among displaced communities from Ukraine

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Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2012 (submitted on time)
15/12/2021 (submitted)
15/12/2027

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

17 March 2006

Read the Convention in: Hungarian

Committee Member

Committee Member

Hungary (2006 - 2010)
Hungary (2014 - 2018)

Contact

Listing of ICH and Register

Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production

Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production (2023, RL)

10 elements inscribed

2024: Csárdás dance tradition (RL)
2023: Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production (RL)
2022: Lipizzan horse breeding traditions (RL)
2022: Hungarian string band tradition (RL)
2021: Falconry, a living human heritage (RL)
2018: Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe (RL)
2016: Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály concept (Art18)
2012: Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community (RL)
2011: Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage (Art18)
2009: Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2026: Transmission methodology for the telling of folk tales (Art18)
2026: Pottery making tradition in Hungary (RL)

Project

Safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of Ukrainian displaced persons in Hungary: inclusive community practices

25 September 2024 – 26 December 2025

Amount (US$) 99,710

Assessing the needs of living heritage safeguarding among displaced communities from Ukraine in five neighboring countries: Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia

1 April 2022 – 1 September 2022

Amount (US$) 57,800

2018 - European Year of Cultural Heritage: Engaging youth for an inclusive and sustainable Europe

1 January 2019 – 30 June 2021

Amount (US$) 349,650

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Activities with the patronage

Whitsun Heritage estival - International Gathering of Intangible Cultural Heritage

2023-05-28 – 2023-05-29 – Szentendre

Whitsun Heritage Festival - International Gathering of Intangible Cultural Heritage

2022-06-04 – 2022-06-06 – Szentendre

Whitsun Heritage Festival, International Gathering of Intangible Cultural Heritage

2020-09-18 – 2020-09-20 – Szentendre

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